Spam and phishing run targets Australians
Wed, 09/14/2011 - 12:34
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It seems the bad guys are targeting Australian Internet users this week. I got a few of these this morning, as did a couple of Risky.Biz listeners:
From: rules@abr.gov.au
Date: 14 September 2011 10:05:53 AM AEST
To:
Subject: Attention for the ABN owners
x-original-to: REDACTED
x-mailer: azzgnshjz.46
Australian Taxation Office together with Australian Business Register
wants to inform you that starting from January, 1 2012 new rules of use of ABN number are being introduced.
The changes will concern:
- GST credits;
- Australian domain names registration
Thu, 09/15/2011 - 13:05
#2
I know you're trolling, but
I know you're trolling, but it was too funny to not publish. :)
Perhaps this is not malware, but the government running spyware on your computers to monitor your activity. Perhaps ASIO pwned the australianbusiness-store.com. Either way definitely not a good look for the government.